"The word "vegetarian" was introduced in the middle of the 19th century. Since then, it has come to mean a person who excludes flesh from mammals, birds, and fish from their diet, but includes other products from mammals and birds; specifically, breast milk from cows and eggs from chickens. In this essay, when I use the word "vegetarian(ism)", I mean a person (or practice) who includes dairy and eggs in their diet.
By contrast to vegetarians, vegans exclude all animal products from the diet. In addition, vegans do not use animals as resources or commodities (i.e. do not exploit animals) for any purpose (clothing, entertainment, experimentation, or profit or gain of any kind [no matter how "humane"]). Essentially, vegans leave animals alone, except for rescuing victims of animal agriculture, the "pet" industry, and other forms of exploitation imposed on them by humans." Dan Cudahy
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